To all: You can download the 1871 thru 1901 censes and the Vital Stats for Colchester County at the following URL. http://nsgna.ednet.ns.ca/dl/dlfiles.html They are in Excel format but zipped for easier download. They work wonderfully but are also suspect as they are transcriptions by Don Lewis whose work, while monumental in nature, was fraught with oppoortunity for interpretation and error (sort of like a "hanging chad" in Florida!!) Eric Keys <carkeys@canada.com> Riverview, NB ----------------------- The download was simple!! Thanks, Eric! Muriel M. Davidson <davidson3542@home.com> http://www.globalgenealogy.com/census/petition.htm